Police search for clues after human skull discovered in Johnson Co.

Police search property near where skull was found

Johnson County Sheriff's deputies are trying to determine the identity of a human skull that was found in a wooded area along 215th Street and Gardner Road.

The skull was discovered on Monday by two outdoorsmen that were looking for deer antlers.

"We're going to be searching the property a quarter section at a time, to see if we can find anything associated with the skull," said Johnson County Deputy Rick Howell during a news conference on Tuesday.

"We're going to stay out here as long as we have to, as long as we need to, to try and find any other evidence that associates to this skull," Howell said.

Police said the skull has been here for a long time, but it was not known if that meant days, weeks, months or years.

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